Stoke City are being linked with a move for a Mark Hughes old boy in the form of QPR centre-half Nedum Onuoha.

Hughes managed Onuoha at Manchester City and then took him to QPR in 2012 when he was then boss at Loftus Road during an ill-fated spell for the West London club. But Onuoha has been one of the few successes to come out of that difficult period for Rangers, and The Mirror claims Hughes is now ready to offer him a route back to Premier League football.

Brighton are also reported to be interested in the 30-year-old, while Rangers are said to be keen to offer him a new long-term deal, but a Stoke City team about to embark on their 10th successive top-flight campaign will have obvious appeal.

If a deal was done for Onuoha, Hughes would be assembling an impressive array of central defenders at the bet365 Stadium.

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In addition to captain Ryan Shawcross and the versatile Geoff Cameron, Stoke have loaned in Chelsea centre-half Kurt Zouma this summer and are also close to sealing a return for Bruno Martins Indi, last season's big loan success.

Sources at the club have confirmed that the Stoke boss is in the market for yet another man at the back, but whether that is Onuoha remains to be seen.